On the run

Life has been very busy recently and at the same time the clock has ticked by very slowly. Go back three weekends and I cannot think what I did. I think it rained. I did the trailer run for sure. I did look at the bees. I watered Mo's greenhouse a couple of times through the week.

The next weekend it was Miss L's 17th birthday. I organised to do a job each evening to get ready for the party on the Sunday. One of the jobs was to plant out the bedding plants that have been growing at Mo's. Another evening it was tidying up the back garden. Do the weeding and cutting back the Willow revealed loads of Strawberries. The Blackcurrant have been devastated by greenfly but the leaves started growing back. I had to do the poo run and sorted out the bees. Whilst at the lottie I did a bit of weeding. The "weeds" were spuds that I had missed harvesting last year. I treated them as earlies. The weeding cleared the way for more brassicas. Jean and Peter came over for the party. I got home not long after they arrived. We had a pleasant afternoon together wandering round Repton at the open gardens event. Very interesting. We also managed to get tea and cake. Once home and tea [the evening meal] had been taken, Peter and I took the dog for a stroll to the Railway. And then we had a long walk back but softened by the few pints of Guinness.

Sunday was the day of the party. We had breakfast quite early. Peter and I made ourselves scarce whilst H, Jean and Miss L got the food and house ready. Peter and I went to have a look at the historic railway at Snarestone and then took a look at the bees. We got home in time for a brew and to get smartened up. We had lots of folks come and it was a very pleasant afternoon.